My Family is Gone

By Anonymous, Bowie, MD

Image Credit: Andrea E.,Phoenix, AZ

The author's comments:

This is simlar to something that happend to me but i spiced it .

As I rushed home Trying to make it by dinnertime No one but me on these shadowy streets As I continue to walk I get further and further Into the dark Still two more blocks to go Until I can sit down and relax And enjoy the sweet fragrance Of mommas sweet potato pie And her tasteful meatloaf So as I continued to walk I was stopped by a strange man With a cocky grin on his face He asked me where I was headed And do I want a ride But I quickly rejected his offer And kept moving forward He continued to move closer to me Every step he took I grew more scared I couldn’t get a glimpse at him Because his face was hidden in the shadows I started to run He followed right behind me I finally reached my doorstep And furiously banged on my door There wasn’t one single light on in my house So I sensed something was wrong I grabbed the spare key under the rug I quickly opened the door Then bang I was hit in the head with a baseball bat I fell unconscious When I woke up My whole family was gone All there stuff too I rushed to the phone I found a note It said “Sorry son we felt you were setting a bad example on your little brother. So we are going far away don’t bother calling our phones are off we wish you best luck bye” I can’t believe my own family did this to me I can’t believe my family is gone

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